San Antonio firefighters begin wildfire training

San Antonio fire Capt. Guy Duncan — whose full-time job is making sure the department can respond to a wildfire with a coordinated, polished approach — speaks during a class called “Fire Operations in the Wildland/Urban Interface.” It's designed to instruct firefighters how to battle brush and forest fires in areas where nature meets municipality.

San Antonio fire Capt. Guy Duncan — whose full-time job is making...

Photos and videos of fast-moving, all-consuming wildfires flashed across the screen Friday while two dozen San Antonio firefighters got their first lesson in preparing for the kind of blaze that devastated Bastrop in 2011 and that experts say could hit San Antonio just as easily.

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